MICHAEL FREUND: Ezekiel is commanded by God to take two sticks. On one, he is to write "For Judah," and on the other "For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim." Then comes the crucial instruction: "Bring them together into one stick so that they become one in your hand" (37:17). Ezekiel's vision is not one of uniformity. The two sticks do not cease to be what they are. Judah remains Judah; Joseph remains Joseph. Unity does not erase difference – it sanctifies and elevates it by placing it within a larger shared destiny.
Ketriel Blad: In other words, in order for a total restoration to take place, the restored Ephraimites from among the nations will have to become Jewish, in the legal sense of the word, thus accepting the Jewish authorities and becoming obedient to Jewish halachah. In the prophecy of Ezekiel 37:19 the Hebrew text can be understood as HaShem giving Yehuda's stick the function of being over Ephraim's stick and this way both sticks will become one. This teaches us that the Ephraimite movement that comes from heaven cannot rise apart from the Jewish people without submission to the Jewish leaders' authority. This is not for all the gentiles.
Official update re: Josh Farris, who had planned a comeback
Josh needs to undergo special eye and brain therapy to retrain his brain to use his right side and right eye ... costs $4,300. Josh can't work more than 2 hours a day because of the brain damagehttps://t.co/i0o0bNGLhH
I have a US issued passport, I was born in the States, and I've lived here all my life. Just thought I'd bring some facts into play here🤔😅 https://t.co/vyV7Wm6zZD
I'm sorry to Adam Rippon and Jason Brown, but if you can't land a quad at nationals, you shouldn't be going to the Olympics. It's 2018. The team should be Chen, Miner, and Zhou. #USChamps2018#USChamps18
Happening now: Video purportedly shows protests in central Tehran, near University. "Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! We are all together," they chant. pic.twitter.com/PouGqPdhDA
Russia’s ambassador to UN decries US calling an emergency meeting on Iran: “If we follow your logic, then we should have meetings of the Security Council after the events in Ferguson” [VIDEO] https://t.co/4sjSfBzvBM@anyaparampilpic.twitter.com/8P4Nbdj1PE
Protesters were attacked by the #IRGC Forces but they managed to push them back. Burning TijaratBank( The one We reported this bank’s unusual activities) as well as Eqtesad at Imam Square #IranProtesters#تظاهرات_سراريpic.twitter.com/YxayzpKRcq
Iranian man explains: “I ask you, young people of #Iran, to join me in burning the Quran...this book has caused us to fight each other...This book is all superstition. We have to burn it [spits on #Quran]...I hate these words. This is superstition worship."#IranProtests#Islampic.twitter.com/vel8TeeN8Q
1. I've had several young Iranian-Americans tell me that they want to go visit Iran right now to join in the protests. While I can't tell anyone to do, please remember that if your parents were born in Iran, you are automatically an Iranian citizen (even if you were born in US)
.@NBCSports, I've enjoyed Tara Lipinski & Johnny Weir's skating in the past,
& never thought that they, knowing what it feels like to be in these skaters' shoes, would be as callous & unseemly in their commentary-esp. in regards to Kevin Reynolds & Daniel Samohin#Unprofessional
During #skateamerica2017 on @nbc, @taralipinski described #DanielSamohin in practice as a "hot mess"...wow, how rude and unprofessional. "Struggling" maybe but that comment just makes you sound like an uppity b**ch. Then he just dislocated his shoulder. Are you happy now?
Tidbits: Adam Rippon was picking bugs off the ice before his free skate. Nathan Chen becomes the first person to land two quad lutzes in one program. Daniel Samohin is confirmed to have a dislocated left shoulder. #SkateAmerica
Neil Asher Silberman, Israel Finkelstein, David Ussishkin, and Baruch Halpern: The Book of Joshua (12:21) specifically mentions the defeat of the king of Megiddo and the allotment of his territory to the tribe of Manasseh;
NETANYA MUNICIPALITY: thanks to the Lord for giving them {Netan~ya, lot. "gift of God"} the ability to continue the legacy of the 12 tribes who settled in the Land of Israel, and particularly of the half~tribe of Manasseh, which settled in the region.
Stephen Epstein: Some went down the Mekong River into Vietnam, the Philippines, Siam, Thailand and Malaysia, while some of the Israelites moved to Burma and west to India.
